Data Science with Large Language Models (OPNS-451-0)
This class will teach you how to analyze data with Large Language Models (LLMs). LLMs such as ChatGPT are powerful. To maximize your productivity---and stay relevant---you should aim to delegate as much of your workflow to these language engines as possible. This means you should switch from analyzing data with a spreadsheet to analyzing data with a computer language---such as R---which LLMs excel at reading and writing. This class will prompt you to make the switch. You will use ChatGPT to create R programs that manipulate and analyze large operational datasets. You will perform in-depth analyses of Alibaba's deliveries, the Italian judiciary's case scheduling, a Chinese supermarket's supply chain, the auto industry's supplier network, Wine Spectator's reviews, and safety breaches at nuclear power plants. You will use an R textbook the instructor wrote specifically for this class (no previous R experience is assumed). Finally, 100% of the class will be "open ChatGPT."
Applied Advanced Analytics (OPNS-441-0) In this course, we will learn how to transform and study large operational datasets with the R programming language. R is tailor-made for analyzing data: we will consider the problem of data analysis from a design perspective, and discuss the features and tradeoffs that make R particularly good at manipulating data. We will use R to study proprietary data relating to Alibaba's deliveries, the Italian judiciary's case scheduling, a Chinese supermarket's supply chain, the auto industry's supplier network, Wine Spectator's reviews, and safety breaches at American nuclear power plants. This course is reserved for MMM students only.
